Andrew J. Webber is Professor of Modern German and Comparative Culture at the University of Cambridge and has published widely on German and comparative textual and visual culture. His books include Berlin in the Twentieth Century: A Cultural Topography (Cambridge, 2008). He has held visiting positions at a number of international institutions, most recently the Erich Auerbach Visiting Chair in Global Literary Studies at the University of Tübingen.

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• Introduction Andrew J. Webber; 1. Literature and the Enlightenment Matt Erlin; 2. Romantic sociability, aesthetics and politics Jürgen Barkhoff; 3. Literary realism and naturalism John B. Lyon; 4. Short prose around 1900 Anne Fuchs; 5. Modernist writing and visual culture Carolin Duttlinger; 6. Writing under National Socialism Reinhard Zachau; 7. Writing in the Cold War Alison Lewis; 8. Writing after the Wall Katharina Gerstenberger; 9. Women writers and gender Lyn Marven; 10. Queer writing Andreas Kraß and Benedikt Wolf; 11. Berlin as a migratory setting Yasemin Yildiz; 12. Modern drama and theatre David Barnett; 13. Twentieth-century poetry Gerrit-Jan Berendse.

Andrew J. Webber is Professor of Modern German and Comparative Culture at the University of Cambridge and has published widely on German and comparative textual and visual culture. His books include Berlin in the Twentieth Century: A Cultural Topography (Cambridge, 2008). He has held visiting positions at a number of international institutions, most recently the Erich Auerbach Visiting Chair in Global Literary Studies at the University of Tübingen.

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• Introduction Andrew J. Webber; 1. Literature and the Enlightenment Matt Erlin; 2. Romantic sociability, aesthetics and politics Jürgen Barkhoff; 3. Literary realism and naturalism John B. Lyon; 4. Short prose around 1900 Anne Fuchs; 5. Modernist writing and visual culture Carolin Duttlinger; 6. Writing under National Socialism Reinhard Zachau; 7. Writing in the Cold War Alison Lewis; 8. Writing after the Wall Katharina Gerstenberger; 9. Women writers and gender Lyn Marven; 10. Queer writing Andreas Kraß and Benedikt Wolf; 11. Berlin as a migratory setting Yasemin Yildiz; 12. Modern drama and theatre David Barnett; 13. Twentieth-century poetry Gerrit-Jan Berendse.

Andrew J. Webber is Professor of Modern German and Comparative Culture at the University of Cambridge and has published widely on German and comparative textual and visual culture. His books include Berlin in the Twentieth Century: A Cultural Topography (Cambridge, 2008). He has held visiting positions at a number of international institutions, most recently the Erich Auerbach Visiting Chair in Global Literary Studies at the University of Tübingen.

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• Introduction Andrew J. Webber; 1. Literature and the Enlightenment Matt Erlin; 2. Romantic sociability, aesthetics and politics Jürgen Barkhoff; 3. Literary realism and naturalism John B. Lyon; 4. Short prose around 1900 Anne Fuchs; 5. Modernist writing and visual culture Carolin Duttlinger; 6. Writing under National Socialism Reinhard Zachau; 7. Writing in the Cold War Alison Lewis; 8. Writing after the Wall Katharina Gerstenberger; 9. Women writers and gender Lyn Marven; 10. Queer writing Andreas Kraß and Benedikt Wolf; 11. Berlin as a migratory setting Yasemin Yildiz; 12. Modern drama and theatre David Barnett; 13. Twentieth-century poetry Gerrit-Jan Berendse.